122 West Photo for NASCARRyan Preece won the Riverhead 200 at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway Saturday night.

NASCAR press release by Jason Cunningham

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2012) – Ryan Preece rolled to his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win of the season Saturday night in the Riverhead 200 at Riverhead Raceway.

To get it, the Berlin, Conn., driver led 168 laps before he survived a green-white-checkered finish for his fifth career win and second at Riverhead.

A caution on Lap 196 set up Preece in a battle with Jimmy Blewett on the final restart and pushed the race to 203 laps on the quarter-mile. Blewett was penalized to the tail end of the lead lap for jumping the restart and finished 12th.

Points leader Doug Coby experienced engine issues and finished 22nd to allow Preece to close to within nine points in the standings with three races remaining. Silk is third, 19 points back of Coby. Earlier in the day, Preece won his sixth Coors Light Pole Award of the season.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will race next in the F.W. Webb 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 22. The race will air live on SPEED.